Strategic Alliance Application

Companies that enter into strategic alliances typically enjoy greater benefits when their mission, purpose and strategies complement one another. Is your organization committed to providing the utilities / services, support, and attention that is required to build long-lasting relationships? Does your company successfully deliver the best mix of what its customer want and expect with respect to your products and / or services? Do you have a compelling proposal that can illustrate how an association between our two businesses can mutually increase awareness for our respective brands? If so, we want to hear from you.

So that we have an opportunity to get to know your company and its objectives, please complete and submit the questionnaire form, which is provided just below. Since the responses that you are about to supply will be used to research and evaluate your proposal, it is to your benefit to be as thorough and concise as possible.

All information contained herein shall be considered proprietary and confidential.

The form provided below should be completed in its ENTIRETY. Rather than leaving a particular field blank, please type "N/A". Given the high volume of requests that we receive, it may take up to 10 business days for us to reply.

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Strategic Alliance Application:

Company Name*:
Contact Name*:
Contact Title*:
Contact Email Address*:

We will only use your email address to directly respond to your request. No other emails will be sent and we do not share your email address with 3rd parties.
Physical Address (No PO Boxes)*:
Address Line 2:
City*:
State*:
ZIP*:
Contact Telephone *: -
Web Site URL *:
Please check the appropriate box that most adequately describes your business *:

Content Provider

Application Service Provider

Marketing Organization

Retail / eTail

Consulting Firm

Software / Technology Development Company

Network / Infrastructure Provider

Other:

Briefly describe the nature of your Company's business *:

In detail, please describe the proposed business opportunity you are proposing to 2nd Story *:
How long has your company been in business *:
How many full-time employees do you have *:
How did your company hear about 2nd Story Software *:

How would you categorize you typical customer profile? *

(Check more than one if applicable)

Consumer

Small Businesses (< 100 employees)

Mid-size Companies (500 - 900 employees)

Large Organizations (900+ employees)

In detail, please discuss the subset profiles targeted within your customer profiles *:

For example, if your company emphasizes its focus on the consumer market, is your audience geared for a multicultural, youth, senior, local, regional market? If targeting a business audience, you may want to specify a push within select vertical markets such as legal, medical, real estate, etc.

Is there a fee associated with your product / service? If so, please provide pricing information / estimates. If not, please describe how your organization earns revenue.*:
How many active customers / unique monthly users do you currently have *:

Less than 100

Between 100 - 1,000

Between 1,000 - 10,000

Between 10,000 - 25,000

Between 25,000 - 100,000

Between 100,000 - 250,000

Greater than 250,000
How do you market your products / services? (Please check all that apply) *:

Inbound Phone

Outbound Telesales

Direct Mail

Web-based Promotion / Key Word Searches

Via Alliances and Partnerships

Advertising (Electronic or Print)

Referrals / Word of Mouth

Other:

How frequently do you promote your offering(s) *:

In detail, please describe if the are any co-promotional opportunities in which 2nd Story can gain new TaxACT users via your existing sales and marketing efforts.*:

Please list those companies that you would most deem as being your company's closest competition. If available, also provide the Web addresses for those competing companies.*:

Please list major Customers your organization serves and describe existing Alliance Partners*:

Additional Comments or Questions:

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